The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 24, 2008

INFO-TECH

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Recruiters headed for slow-growth phase
‘Fall-out of sluggish IT, banking sectors’. New Delhi/Chennai, Nov. 23 After years of cranking-out some heady growth numbers, the recruitment industry is facing slowdown headwinds. Though opinions on growth rates for this industry - ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: When head hunters come under firing line
New Delhi/Chennai, Nov. 23 The uncertainty caused by the slowdown in the West is showing up in several ways for the IT and BPO companies: the diluted importance of their HR function is one; a change in skills-required ...

SOFTWARE: More hurdles to cross
Are e-governance projects making life easier for the citizen? An impact study shows progress on some fronts — and a lot more work to be done.. Deploying information technology for e-governance is no longer a matter of choice. It is an ...

SOFTWARE: Committed to IT
West Bengal looks to put its tech drive in top gear.. A late start notwithstanding, West Bengal remains committed to success in the IT sector. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township, where IT parks were first set up in Kolkata, was indeed a new ...

ENVIRONMENT: ‘Green IT concept to spur growth of data centres’
Coimbatore, Nov 23 While India has the potential to emerge as a hub for data centre hosting services for nearby markets, the biggest challenge at this juncture is the lack of energy supplies in ...

HARDWARE: core i7: Intel to target colleges in India
Mumbai, Nov. 23 Computer chip maker Intel intends to popularise its latest processor, the core i7, among the youth by having gaming related marketing campaigns in more than 100 colleges within the country in the current ...

PEOPLE: New COO for Tata Tele
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OUTLOOK: Smartcard solutions provider FINO on growth path
Coimbatore, Nov. 23 Mumbai-based, biometric-enabled smartcard solutions provider FINO (Financial Information Network and Operations Ltd) is on a rapid ...

From eWorld

E-GOVERNANCE: More hurdles to cross
Are e-governance projects making life easier for the citizen? An impact study shows progress on some fronts — and a lot more work to be done.. Deploying information technology for e-governance is no longer a matter of choice. It is an ...

INTERVIEW: ‘There are no times like this’
Peter Zencke, member of the board at SAP, at his candid best in this interaction with eWorld.. German efficiency was at its best at Bangalore last fortnight, evident from the start of the press conference at sharp 2 p.m. as announced earlier. ...

SECURITY: Gotcha!
Some smart sleuthing is helping police nab criminals in cyberspace.. There is a popular saying (attributed to Abraham Lincoln) which goes something like this: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of ...

INTERNET: Get me a pizza!
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Project your image
NEC India has unveiled three new ‘all-rounder’ LCD technology-based, NP projectors, the NEC NP400, NP500 and NP600 projectors. A key innovation with the projector series is the possibility to manage and control the devices ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Power back-up
APC by Schneider Electric has announced the launch of BR500CI-IN, its new 500VA UPS, for the Indian market. Providing affordable battery backup for home and office computers, it offers protection for data from voltage fluctuations, surges, ...

INTERVIEW: Committed to IT
West Bengal looks to put its tech drive in top gear.. A late start notwithstanding, West Bengal remains committed to success in the IT sector. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township, where IT parks were first set up in Kolkata, was indeed a new ...

BOOKS: Big Blue’s green strategy
The importance of a climate change strategy for the planet’s survival.. Generally, we all have survival strategies to handle the exigencies of weather. But, to help ensure the planet’s survival, do our organisations have a climate ...

EVENTS: Going for the buzzer — and the trophy
Small towns steal the tech show.. If an event is held for the first time in a city, be it an exhibition, a musical/star night, quiz/drawing or painting competition, the enthusiasm soars, making the event undoubtedly a memorable one.This was ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
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